Distribution and abundance : Localised to Brecks and Sandlings, where it may be common

Habitats : Heathland

Flight Period : Single-brooded; mid-July to mid-August, occasional partial second brood in September

Larval foodplants : Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina) and other grasses

Morley's Final Catalogue : A local species, apparently confined to the coast with us Plentiful at Felixstow in 1901 (Pyett); Hemley in 1902 (Wlr); Lowestoft before 1890 (Bd) and later (Ent. 1922, 258).